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Originally Posted by chemgear
Giving up on Japan. Not even showing up . . . wow.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/11/44...asia-late-2014
Microsoft revealed its Xbox One launch pricing this week at E3, with the company planning to release its next-gen console in November for $499. Twenty-one markets were revealed, including the UK and parts of Europe, but the company remained quiet about its exact plans in other regions. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is delaying its Xbox One launch in Asia until late 2014, a full year after the console debuts in the US.
Microsoft is only planning to offer the Xbox One in select Asian markets, including Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and India. Notably, Japan is missing from that list, a market that the Xbox 360 has struggled in traditionally. |
Not a surprise at all. Japanese turn their nose to most American products. Xbox could be twice as good as anything Nintendo or Sony offers and they still wouldn't buy it. No point in wasting money and resources selling to a demographic that isn't going to buy your stuff.